In recognition of the emergence of Intellectual Property Law as an important but controversial policy instrument and a major focus of academic inquiry, LSE Law has now greatly expanded its LLM programme in this area.

The Department has assembled a team of leading specialist researchers offering courses in each of the three major IP sub-areas of copyright, patents and trade marks, as well as a menu of related options focusing on media law and regulation, information technology law and regulation, cultural property, and the 'global bio-economies' in which some types of intellectual property right now function. Together, these courses present a rich variety of perspectives on the intellectual property system: they impart a sophisticated understanding of the law relating to patents, copyright and trademarks; they explore the factors responsible for the continuing rapid expansion of each of these regimes of rights; they reveal Intellectual Property Law the processes by which economic, cultural, political and technological pressures for change in the area of intellectual property law become translated into legal initiatives; and they critically analyse the theoretical frameworks that have been used to justify or explain the imposition of proprietary structures (alongside other regulatory systems) within the fields of knowledge, culture and innovation. Together with colleagues in other departments and research institutes (notably the Department of Media and Communications, BIOS and DESTIN), the teachers of this group of courses routinely engage in and facilitate interdisciplinary work relevant to intellectual property law. The stimulating environment generated by these links is further enriched by a network of distinguished visitors offering occasional lectures and seminars on current issues and debates in IP law, theory and policy.

 

LL4AA

Global Copyright Policy: Contemporary Issues

LL4AG

Competition Law: Challenges and Prospects

LL4AT

Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement

LL4AU

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects

LL4BM

The Legal Protection of Inventions

LL4BN

Innovation, Technology and Patent Law

LL4BP

Current Issues in Intellectual and
Cultural Property Law

LL4BT

Cultural Property and Heritage Law

LL4BU

Art and Antiquities Law

LL4H2

Media Law: Regulation Publication

LL4H3

Media Law: Regulation Newsgathering

LL4N6

Principles of Copyright Law

LL4S1

Cyberlaw

LL4S5

Piracy, Content and Ownership
in the Information Society